ICYMI 18/02/14: New S5 hardware, PS4’s record-breaking sales & China’s skyrocketing mobile payments

HTC is a brand in decline. How do you gain back some of that lost market share? HTC reckon the answer is to show that they care. For US users, if you crack your phone’s screen within the first six months of ownership they’ll fix it for free. No other manufacturer in the US is […]

In a bid to stand out amongst the jam-packed Chinese smartphone marketplace, Indian manufacturer Gionee has created the world’s thinnest smartphone. The Gionee Elife S5.5 measures in at 5.5mm (makes sense). For comparison, the iPhone is almost 50% thicker at 7.6mm. As far as gimmicks go it’s probably the most practical, and there’s few people […]

The only thing surprising about the announcement of Beats Music is the timing. Rap icon Dr. Dre’s billion-dollar Beats brand has been as much a fashion statement as a tech powerhouse since its foundation in 2006, and the idea that it took the company so long to enter the streaming/app game is genuinely surprising. Beats […]

The most hotly debated will-they, wont-they topic for the Samsung Galaxy S5 is the form the device’s identity scanning feature will take. According to Sammobile, that’s all been laid to rest with Samsung reportedly following in the footsteps of the iPhone 5S and deciding upon a fingerprint scanning device embedded in the phone’s home button. […]